Hey, Guys, Remember When You Used To Care About Flash?

I wanted to take a moment to pour out a little Club Mate in honor of Flash on mobile and to point out that it wasn't two years ago that the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/adobe-shows-off-f

Motorola’s Patent Lawsuit Against Apple Goes After Siri, Location Reminders, Email Notifications & More

On Friday, Google's Motorola Mobility unit <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/17/google-files-new-patent-lawsuit-against-apple-seeks-to-block-iphone-ipad-mac-imports-to-u-s/">filed</a> a patent-i

What Makes A City A City? New Visual System Identifies City Characteristics

If you've been to cities and you've had enough, have you been to Paris, France? Paris is defined by a few magical characteristics - the street signs, the architecture, the street features - and a new

Oracle Makes More Moves To Kill Open Source MySQL

Oracle is holding back test cases in the latest release of <a target="_blank" href="http://dev.mysql.com">MySQL</a>. It's a move that has all the markings of the company's continued efforts to further

Thoughts On Apple’s Latest TV Efforts

Earlier this week, a few reports emerged about Apple's upcoming plans to disrupt the TV market. The first mentioned that Apple was trying to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/15/yes-apple-is-in-

WickedLasers Releases 1.25W Spyder Super Laser

This being Shark Week and all, budding super villains may be interested in this <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wickedlasers.com/arctic?utm_source=Wicked+Lasers+New&utm_campaign=bd89072d39-S3_

Infinite Scroll: The Web’s Slot Machine

<strong>Editor’s Note</strong><em>:</em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nirandfar.com/about"><strong><em> Nir Eyal</em></strong></a><em> writes about the intersection of psychology, technology,

Hands On With Romain Jerome’s Octopus Steampunk Dive Watch

Here is a high-end dive watch to consider if you like that Captain Nemo look. It is called the Octopus, and is from avant garde Swiss watch brand Romain Jerome (RJ). Those familiar with the <a href="h

Feast Your Ears On Fresh Jams From Musicians You Love At Hipset Via YC’s Tracks.by

<a target="_blank" href="http://hipset.com/">Hipset</a> is a music discovery site launching today from Y Combinator's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/tracks-by">Tracks.by</a

How Instacart Hacked YC

<em>Editor’s note: Apoorva Mehta is the founder of YC-backed <a target="_blank" href="http://www.instacart.com">Instacart</a>, a startup that's taking on 1-hour grocery delivery. He previously worke

Gillmor Gang: Please Stand By

The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — huffed and puffed but could not blow Twitter's house down. The social startup is betting we'll still k

Payment Data Is More Valuable Than Payment Fees

We are in the midst of a great revolution in the payments space: anyone with a phone can now accept credit cards; <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/07/why-online2offline-commerce-is-a-trillion-d

Unicorns, Banana Suits, and 500 Startups; Just Another Night With Dave McClure

<strong>Editor’s note: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/derekjandersen">Derek Andersen</a><em> is the founder of </em><a target="_blank" href="http://startupgrind.com/">Start

Move Along, No Panopticon To See Here

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